The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06

spent Sunday with friends in Berlin. 80
Miss L.. j. Webster recently returned from
Massachusetts, where she has been teaching
school the past year. She reports a prosper
Gus and pleasant time. - Aaron Webster
reports nice crop of Strawberries this sea-
son. He picked sixty quarts last Friday.
Waterbury Center.
DEA. JOHN WHITE, whose death was an
nounced last week, deserves more than a
passing notice Dea. White was born in
Litteton, n. II coming to this town, where
he has always lived, with his parents when
only seven years of age. He married Dolly
Town fifty-one years ago last April, by
whom he had four children three sons and
one daughter. The daughter died about
three years ago; the widow and sons sur
vive him. Dea White had been a consistent
member of the Free Baptist church at the
River since he was eighteen years old, and
for about forty years was a deacon of the
church. The church and community have
suffered a great loss in his death He was
also member of the first temperance So
ciety organized in this town, and was al
ways true to that cause. - An article
has appeared in some of the papers urging
the formation of science club for the study
of geology and mineralogy, and quite
number of the young people about here
have expressed a desire to join such an or
ganization. Any one wishing for informa-
ton can obtain it by addressing B. II. ALL
bee, Perkinsville. VT. - Miss Mary n.
| Chase, A. b., a graduate of Bates College,
Lewiston, Maine, will teach Greek and En-
glish in the Green Mountain Seminary the
next year. Miss Chase has had successful
experience as a teacher, and is highly
recommended - A Mr.. Dake from New
York state is visiting a brother and nieces
! in this place. - Mrs. George Gile of
Concord n. H., is visiting her father, Harvey
Eddy. 60 Cornelius Eddy has returned
to Salem, Mass. - Rev. Harvey Webster
and family have gone to Highgate Springs
where, with other friends, they are to camp
| out for few weeks.
Woodbury..
THE closing rhetorcals of Woodbury. Cen.
ter school will be held at the town hall next
Friday evening commencing at seven p. NJ
| All friends are cordially invited to be pres
ent. - Mr.. and Mrs. Bushee, accom-.
panied by their daughter and her husband
from Barton, visited their son and brother
in this place last week - The Misse,
Stevens of Lowell, who have been stopping
in Bethel the past few weeks, arrived il
town Saturday night They will stop will
their grandmother and other friends a shor
time. G. II. Chadwick of Bangor
Maine, arrived in town Saturday night
He will visit his friends here the presen
week and return to Bangor next weel
Monday accompanied by his wife anc
daughter, who came to this place fou
weeks ago.
South Woodbury..
DR.. AND Mrs. II. II. JEWELL of Yves
Concord are visiting friends in this place
- Miss Falvy and Miss Houston, teach
ers from New York. who have spent severa
, summers here, arrived at l.. j. Benjamin
on Sunday to spend their vacation -
II. NJ. Pray has been at work building
barn for Henry Leach which, now that it
completed, is an ornament to Mr.. Leach
l place, aside from its usefulness
Worcester.
, REV. Mr.. ELLIOTT, secretary of the We
5 mont Bible Society, preached in the Congr'
g gational church last Sabbath. - ID
Hunt lost one of his horses last week. -
: l.. w. Porter has opened grocery store {
h. the Corners. - j. l.. Stone has shut dow
4 his mill through haying. - There is I
l be a special meeting of Hall Post July 2;
e Business of importance will be transacted.
> Putnamsville.
e PUTNAMs' mills were shut down IL
Fourth. - G. c. Putnam, Jr., job
$ Dillon, Prentice Wright and Melvin Scri
n ner went to Greensboro fishing last week.